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May 2014

經: classics; pass through

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning
 

經 [经] jīng

verb
: classics; sacred book; scripture
: to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure
: warp (textile); longitude
: menstruation; channel (TCM)

Kun Reading

経 | たて tate

noun
: the vertical; height
: front-to-back; length
: north-to-south
: vertical (relationship); hierarchy
: (weaving) warp

経 | たていと tateito

noun
: (weaving) warp

経つ | たつ tatsu

Godan verb with tu ending | intransitive verb
: to pass; to lapse

経る | へる heru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to pass; to elapse; to experience

経て | へて hete

expression
: to pass; to elapse; to experience

On Reading

経 | きょう kyou

noun
: sutra; Buddhist scriptures

けい kei

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攻: to attack

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攻 gōng

verb
: to attack; to accuse; to study

Kun Reading

攻め | せめ seme

noun
: attack; offense
: (Usually written using kana alone) (Colloquialism) dominant partner of a homosexual relationship
: (Suffix) a barrage of; a flood of

攻める | せめる semeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to attack; to assault; to assail

On Reading

こう kou

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功: achievement

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功 gōng

noun
: meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)

Kun Reading

功 | いさお isao

noun | Na-adjective
: distinguished service; meritorious service

On Reading

功 | こう kou

noun
: merit; success; meritorious deed
: achievement; accumulated experience

く ku

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工: work

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工 gōng

noun | radical 48
: work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor

Kun Reading

工 | たくみ takumi

noun | Na-adjective
: workman; artisan; mechanic; carpenter
: craft; skill
: means; idea

On Reading

工 | こう kou

noun suffix
: (factory) worker

く ku

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川: river

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川 [巛] chuān

radical 47
: river; creek
: plain; an area of level country

Kun Reading

川 | かわ kawa

noun
: river; stream
: (Suffix) the …. river (suffix used with the names of rivers) e.g. 荒川 Arakawa: “Raging River” in Tokyo

がわ gawa

suffix
: the …. river (suffix used with the names of rivers)

巛 | まがりかわ magarikawa OR まがりがわ magarigawa

noun
: kanji “curving river” radical (variant of radical 47)

On Reading

せん sen

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故: ancient

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music
 

故 gù

noun | adjective | verb | conjunction | adverb
: ancient, former; old
: to die, dead
: cause, intentional
: therefore; hence

Kun Reading

故 | ふる furu

noun
: used item; secondhand item
: (Noun prefix) old; used; previous

故い | ふるい furui

adjective
: old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article

故 | もと moto

noun | No-adjective | Adverbial noun | Noun prefix
: former; ex-

故 | ゆえ yue

noun | Adverbial noun
: reason; cause; circumstances

故に | ゆえに yueni

conjunction
: therefore; consequently

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故 | こ ko

prefix
: the late (deceased)

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免: to excuse from

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免 miǎn

verb
: to excuse from; exempt
: to escape; evade ; spare

絻 [免] wèn

: (old) mourning clothes

Kun Reading

免れる | まぬかれる manukareru OR まぬがれる manugareru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to escape from; to be rescued from; to avoid; to evade; to avert; to elude; to be exempted; to be relieved from pain; to get rid of

免じる | めんじる menjiru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to dismiss; to exempt

免ずる | めんずる menzuru

Zuru verb – (alternative form of -jiru verbs) | transitive verb
: to dismiss; to exempt

On Reading

免 | めん men

noun
: dismissal

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